Queen Isabella

Ysabel I

This bronze statue of Queen Isabella (1451-1504) by Jose Luis Sanchez was dedicated on April 14, 1966 in front of the Pan American Union in Washington, DC.

Portrait of Queen Isabella standing with her hands resting at her waist. She wears a crown of Castile and long robes adorned with the crests of Aragon and Leon. In her hands she holds a pomegranate with a dove perched on top....The sculpture was donated by the Institute of Hispanic Culture of Madrid and by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fernado Maria Castiella y Maiz.-- SIRIS

The Spanish  inscription on the base identifies Queen Isabella.

Ysabel I La Catolica
Reina De Castilla
De Aragon
De Las Islas
Y Tierra Firme
Del Mar Oceano
Isabel I Catholic
Queen of Castile
of Aragon
of the Islands
and Mainland
of the Ocean Sea  

A bronze plaque identifies Isabella's role in the European discovery of the Americas.

 This is the statue of

Queen Isabella of Spain and the Americas

who sent Christopher Columbus To discover

the New World

Donated  by Spain to

The Organization of American States

April 14, 1966

Day of the Americas